Conveying and elevating apparatus.



No. 811,189. 7 PATENTE'D JAN. 30,1906,

A. J. EBsTER. oowvayme- AND ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1897.

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No. 811,189. I A. J. WEBSTER. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. CONVEYING AND ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATIONFILEDNOV.30.1897. v 4 SHEETS SHEBT 2 No. 811,113.). PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. A. J. WEBSTER. CONVEYING AND ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NUV. 30, 1897.

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No. 811,189. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

A. J. WBBF$TER. CONVEYING AND ELEVATING APPARATUS,

APPLIOA'IION FILED NOV. 30, 1897.

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" citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county oi Franklin and State to the accompanyingdrswings, and to the vetion of the chain in Fi 5. Fi 8 is on end it) t) conveyor. lit formed with su 'iporting and frame towardtlie center. ()oi'isequontly Ibo ALFRED J1 WEBS'lER, or COlQlllill-il seminar. on oiiini ni no n if r l we ii iii To all whom 25/; many sonar-* a:

'13s it known that l, ALFRED J. il 'nnsrnn, s.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful improvements in Conveying and Elem-t ing Apparatus and 1 (lo ileclsre the following to be a. full; clear, and exact description oi. the invention, such as will enable others skilled] in the art to which it ep 'iertiiins to make and use the some, reference being iied characters of reference marked thereon, which form n part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a mechanism embodying my improvements. i Fig. 2 is on end elevation. Fig. 3 is a front side elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line a: as of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a top plan view of one ol the conveyer-chsins. Fig. 6 is s sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 5. Fig, .7 o sirle elc- View showing a means for adjusting the conve er mechanism up and down.

in the drawings, A indicates a movable frame having a platform a, longer nor his a, and shorter uprights 01 a. The-uprights are joined together by girths, as at o, and on pieces, as at (1 The platform and frame thus provided are mounted upon trucks B B, i which may be of the nature oi those used. with ordinary railway-cars and adopted to travel upon straclr, at f). As the nieclisniin'n herein presented is intended. for use in corn veying, elevating, and sui'iiii'sicling; the mess forming what are known as (mini-piles, that are, gradually accumulated l.nl'il'lu.lUl1li(-}- diste neighborhood of coal-mines an d which in many instances have now become very large, this track C is inovsbly arranged with such a pile. V

D indicates as a. whole thepoculisrly-rson structed frame for supporting the carrier or guiding bars d at the to and with hers d for the seinepur 'iosc lit the bottom, the bars dbeing adopted to SilpPOli) the upper run of the conveyor ori rrier and those :11, (Z the lower run. Brace bars or struts u. (1 cl are interposed between the top part oi this frame and the lower port, these groiluolly lengthening lroin-tliew nils of the elevator-- ports at d are bowed at the center. This pro tiipecifieetion oi" Ilhettere Potent.

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i braces E, end the rolls i eonni l -hi1,

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viiles for ;;i.ri:i; the iliilViBIjiTi-Jj on'iplo snp 'iort not only aloi'ig the now-ii run, libero it is tout .pohoil, but also ebimg; ilio l i'er rim i is not to eoiisiiierehly ables me to iujlriintiiireonsly iioi/ ill zontsi or sppro 'iniel... ly liorizonte'il sil'niition for the o iiiw.* er--trough, which receivi-is l lic lIlkifllOl'llll as it is beinglooileil by hoVeli-i. The elevii ir l'rnme ll extei'iils iron: the front-side oi the cor-ironic A nor 'l, in the other side Lilli then to ii point axonsiiloi'iibly behind or inside, osshiiii'n in end viewin To sup" port this inwi'nrilly-proiecting part, i combine trues-irroces Ii) with t is iriinio A, these 0 tending; from the platform {L ii invsci'rl end iii-- Word on inclined lines to points near the plane oi the top frame A.

ii i" designate rude or bars which support the inner enol of the conveyor, the rods i on lending; from the loi'wii: limo s d 21.5 at to the bar a, connecting the sioressii'l truss ting sold cross-bin c with the main frame, their ends being ini'lioiitoil sf. .lliiiesireil, ceblesnioy be siiliietiinteil l'o r mils i F, the lower ends being {EO'i'll'lOUliWi to the brace-hers oi end. the np 'ior ends c? Kenning over ilie cross bor (1 mini non nectoii with suitiible winding nppnrw tin-i iniiiinleil on the main ironic, nnil with nor projecting; oiljustorl vertiozilly. hove eil one meoi'is "for this purpose in Fig. wherein l iniliriitos siioli nobles oonnooteil with the conweyeigiis ol, .2, through the medium oi the bear (4 end-rods l! and elso connected with o. Wiii ling o i iei'otus or Vi'lIMliHi-ES 3 on. the n'iziii'i iii-nine. in this consti'notion the truss-braces i l ore hinged. iii. lo the platform or insin ironic.

The conveyor 'i ioiiting Home l) is also ni'iiaviileii with oneliver-wheels l), which in. the oinboilnniml oi the invention iioi'oin illusti'zii ocl m'o Uitl'liGil by :ing, c-ii'ons or brochets l) rii'oteil to the lower bsi's cl.

'liio conveyor ii is iii'rnioii, pieloirztbly',of two nii'iillel ii mine, onoli einisiiuirtiiri in the nm-nner illustrated in :l igs. 5, o. enil 7 --tl1nt is, enoli chain is nimlo up of a series ol links it it it. in each link. is inoiii'itoil it roller hi, and to each oi the links /2;= 's ooi'inoote le Stll'ltliilrllliipull-iHQ; bar ll. 'illie links fif ere composoii oi ti -io iiirsllis-l hairs connected with only be enzl oi the (snowy the links 72 71 by pintles 72?. The bars H are preferably bent at their ends, as at ii, to e tend between the bars of the links [7L2 and are securely riveted in place. To said bars are connected the scrapersll". The braces d (i d on opposite sides of the convcyer are con.- nected by inclined braces or tie-rods (Z The wheels or rollers if of the chains travel along guides (1 secured to the. bars (I d, and guardrails d" are arranged along the lower run of the convever, as shown in Fig. i. The lower frame-bars d support a trough-like receptacle (Z along which the scrapers H force the material in a manner to be hereinafter described. The couveyer-c-hains engage with driving-s1)rockets ll,and at the. inner ends pass around i(llei--wheels 71'. The Wheels ll arev mounted on a shaft 1, which is driven bv the bevel-gearing I. from the shaft, J, which is provided with a wheel j, driven by belt K, the latter being actuated by the engine at 11, which is rigidl mounted on the platform a. The material carried upward by the conveyer ll is delivered to a chute M, which guides it to a boot at N.

l) is an elevator supported by the longer pair of the uprights (2", its chain or chains 0 passin; around the boot-shaft O and the head wheel or wheels U. the latter receiving power through the chain-gearing P, driven from a SPIOC-hOi-WllQQl on a shaft 3), which is connected by a. chain to the aforesaid shaft il The material that is carried up from the boot X by'the elevator is delivered to the chute Q, which airries it to the interior of the coal-screen it. This is mounted'on a shaft 1' and is driven bv the. bevel-manila: at r, receiving power lroln the aforesaid shaft 1". The screen it may be of any suitable construction adapted to remove the slate and other umlesirable foreign bodies from the mass of material and deliver them as tailings to the. refuse-chute S. The coal of evaluable nature which passes through the meshes of the screen received by the chute. '5, which delivers it to the car ll on the main railway track V.

As before slated, the principal purposeot the present invention is the reclaiming of the. valuable material in the form of calm and slack, which has accunnllated in vast quantities in mininc regions. A number of mechanisms have been proposed for this pur pose, but none ha ve been successful, so far as i. am aware, in meeting: the requisites iniposed. These waste piles are mixtures of line coal, slate in pieces large and small, and clay, harder or softer.

The manner of operating the present mechanism is as follows: The temporary track (l is laid suitably close to the base or skirt of a pile of cuhu or slack. 'lhe operatires load upon the conveyor ll that portion of the. inatorial which manifestly possesses value, that r l l l L 1 cities which is obviously worthless being thrown aside. The conveyor-trough from the center"to the? outer end, it will be seen, is horizontal or approximately horizontal; so that a large number of operatives can stand by the side thereof and rapidly load it, it bein conveniently accessible for their shovels and offering an elongated receptacle superior in this respect to a receptacle of the nature ofa boot. The valuable material is carried up by the elevator, delivered to the boot N, and from there elevated to the screen R. The screen holds back the slate and other refuse, but permits the coal of such grades as buckwheat, pea, and slack to pass to the chute 'l and from there to the receiving-car. As the operation proceeds the car is advanced along the base or skirt of the pile, I having found it to be practical to remove a cut; of about twenty feet in width. After such a cut has been effected the track C is moved nearer to the face of the pile and the movable elevator and claming mechanism are a ain caused to traverse its face while being loaded.

While 1 have described an organized mechanism partimilarly designed for operating upon and treating the material constituting coho-piles, adapted for other uses and that the convever nieclnmisin may deliver to other separating mechanism thanja. screen or to other devices than a separatiin mechanism, or, indeed, may deliver directly noon the car A or to one side thereof without the interwe11tim1 of any separating mechanism. By providing the outward-entending and substantially horizontal portion of the conveyor with a support that is independent of the mainframe or truck by which it is carried the supporting rods or bars l and F are greatlv relieved, and it becomes practical, particularly when the apparatus is constructed as shown in Fig. H, to adjust the outer end of the elevator relative to its supportingframe A. This is often desired-as, for instance, when the surface. of the ground over which the convever extends is differenttopographically from that over which the snpporting-fraine A moves.

What i claim is-- v l. The herein described traveling conveyor mechanism, having the main upward! projecting frame, mounted upon trao wheels, the COHVO)"(-I-il'2llll0 connected to the main frame, extending across it, and; to points inside of the portable frame, and'havin; a horizontally-arranged loading-receptacle or convevcr-trough, the truss-fra1ne which engages wit 1. and bears upon the main frame, and is connected to the inner end of the conveyer-frmne, a conveyor mechanism operatit is evident that it is welling in said trough, and means for delivering material from t .e conveyor, substantially as set forth.

1 l 2. flhe combination of a support mounted upon truchsa conveyor mounted on the said lilifltlil,

support and extendin 'g;laterally beyond one side thereof, the lower run of said conveyor comprising a trough, flights operating in the said trough, av stationery chute extending from the side of the movable support opposite to that; beyond which the com ever extendsi another chute arranged to deliver n'itteriul beyond one end of tlieintwzihlc support, and means for delivering the material carried by the conveyor to the said chutes, substantially as set forth.

In a. conveyor, the eonibinetimi of the su porting-frame having the upper,straight, si( e bars, the lower bowed side hers, trans verse braces connecting the said upper hers, similar braces connecting; the lower hers, uncl verticelly-extending connectii'igr the upper and lower bore, uicle-rnils carried by said frame and onto 5*; parallel with the upper and lower hers met, a. troughlike receptacle, d supported by and curved lon-- gitudinelly to oonforn'i. the lower portion of said supporting-frame, endless chains passing around guiding and driving wheels zuljeeent to the endsof the super:fling-frame, and provided at intermedia e points of their length withrollers lidepted to travel elong the store-- said guide-reils, and scraper-flights connected to said chains zinc shaped to conform to the cross-sectionnl form of the ti'oligh, d through which they travel on the lower run oi the conveyor, substantially es set forth.

4. In it conveyor, the combination of two parallel chains each formed of Wheel-support in links, if, strap-links, 7t, and connecting lin to, it, formed in; perellel. hers pivotelly connected at their ends to the aforesaid links, h h bars, illextending transversely across the space between the said chains, the ends of each of .iol transverse here being; bent upon the body thereof and secured l etween thetop and bottom here of opposite strep Jinks, it, end flights, 11", secured to said bars, H a trough wherein said flights op eretefand means for supporting said trough, substantially as set forth.

5f In on a eretus for the purpose specified, the corn nnetion of e truck, e oonveyer extending laterally heyond one sidetlmreof and having a .liorizoiltzillyerreiigcil trough or receptacle for receiving the loud lroui shovels, two independent chutes for deliverin'g nuiteriul at dilicrcut points, an elevator for taking the material from the conveyor, means for directing the material from the elevator to the sold chutes, and an engine on. the truck arranged to operate both the oouvoyor and the clm utor,sulistzuitizilly its set forth.

6. In an epinirntus for the purpose do scribed, the combination of :iv l 1u 'l\',2t(um-- voycr having its l'rniuc oxlmuiing lutomlly beyond one side olthe truck and liuving its lower run nrrengcd substantially liorizontnl,

supporting the conveyor-l'rmne, means for delivering the material at different points, .iucnns ior iilirectu 1g the nutter-nil from the con veyor to thesniiil delivering menus, and en 7 engine on the truck conveyer, snlietnr 7 in on eprui'i'etutor conveying materiel 'lron'i ll euln'r-pile, t coiuliiuuiion oi 1i mow ehle support ndnnteu to travel parallel to one face or edge oi the pile, o. mmvoycr extending out lieyoiul one side oi the trucland Sill) stnntiully right entries thereto, leaving n. Lllll)- stinitielly horiiuintel loading-r portion, ground wheels or Millers mirried l v llll ct)li'i'0}(l'- i'renie near its outer end, and menus for (iii-- liver-Eng; the materiel. curried hy the eonveyer, substantially its forth.

2?. The cl'nulrimition cl :1 supperting-heme, theconveyor-fronin projecting leterully therefrom, the roiwi rer thereon luii'i at lower run end on upper run, the lower run liming; e trough the outer portion ol' which is zipprorih mutely horirl-aontel, end the inner end portion oi which is inclined, said outer end portion constituting on elonggutml receptacle for the lend, and inieens on the lrenie for ectuelting the conveyor, substantially es described;

9. The coinhinntion oi the supportinw frame, having the guidcwe at upper side end curved or honed gnidcw'nys n t its hottom, endless chains mounted on wheels supported in seid ironic and. extending along sniiil guioeweys, a trough :trrunged between the lower curved guidewe s, and scrapers or lights connected with the eluiins and trevcling in stud trough, substantially us not lo'rtli.

it). The couiliiuntion oi the main. frame,

joining suid top ltllil bottom side burs, a. pair oi endless cluuns extending; along; suituhle guides on the inner l'nces oi said top end liottom side ours, n. trough or receptacle conneuling ilio lower, i-urveil side burs, mid si-rnping-[lights ultuclied to the cluiins end udnptud to travel tlnroiug h suid trough, suit stnutinlly asset forth.

12. The combination of e supporting-j}- IIF therefi'om, n ccnveyer m upper run, the flower;

run and an 25 tion of the 001W eyel' havinga and substantial and 9h frame the .0: 

